Majority Of NJ Voters Say Chris Christie Should Resign

Republican presidential candidate, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, speaks at the RedState Gathering, Friday, Aug. 7, 2015, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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A majority of New Jersey’s registered voters said Gov. Chris Christie (R) should resign from his post as he ramps up his presidential campaign, according to a poll released Thursday.

Fifty-four percent of voters want Christie to step down while 41 percent said he should continue to run New Jersey as he seeks the Republican presidential nomination, according to the poll from Rutgers-Eagleton.

But when voters were told about efforts by the Democratic legislature to oust the governor, 45 percent said Christie should be “forced” to resign whereas 52 percent said he should remain in his post.

This comes after Wednesday’s poll from Rutgers-Eagleton that said more than half of New jersey residents would describe Christie as “arrogant” and would not describe him as “presidential.”

The poll was conducted among 867 New Jersey residents, 757 of whom were registered voters, by live interviews on landlines and cell phones from July 25 to August 1. (This was before the first Republican presidential debate.) The margin of error was plus or minus 4 percent. The questions were asked in English and Spanish.

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  1. Running for office is not the same as holding it. So the 54% doesn’t apply. 45% wanting him to be forced to resign as governor is not a majority. Please stop with the click bait.

  2. His impotence is starting to show.
    Expect big bully show at a town hall soon. ha ha

  3. Yeah, re- read the article…

    The numbers you are noting are the numbers for folks who think he should be FORCED to resign.

    The Majority noted in the headline is for folks who think he simply SHOULD resign (as in, not forced, but of his own free will)

  4. Avatar for azjude azjude says:

    christie, IF you get nominated (HA! HA! snort!), then can’t carry your own state? That’s going to leave a mark!

    Bully can’t win the WH because his own state voted against him…now, that’s funny!

  5. Avatar for chammy chammy says:

    Then vote for Kasich since you him so much

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